Title WAT, California Water Code

If the board, after the hearing, determines that the petition for inclusion of lands complies with the requirements of Article 2 (commencing with Section 75860) of this chapter and that the inclusion within the distict of the tract of land described in the petition, or some porti…

If the board determines that only a portion or certain portions of the tract of land described in the petition for inclusion of lands should be included, the petition shall be dismissed unless: (a) The petitioners include a majority of the holders of title or evidence of title of…

The order changing the boundaries shall describe the boundaries of the land included within the district, and if such land adjoins any portion of the district, the order shall also describe that portion of the boundary of the district which coincides with the boundary of the land…

If more than one petition for the inclusion of land has been presented, the board may in one order include within the district any number of separate tracts of land. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)

Any public land of the United States may be included within a district, except as may be provided otherwise by federal law. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 75.)

The board may require, as a condition precedent to the granting of the petition for inclusion of lands, that the petitioners severally pay to the district such respective sums, as nearly as they can be estimated (the several amounts to be determined by the board), as the petition…

The board of supervisors may provide by ordinance for the organization and government of districts for the following purposes: (a) To protect and preserve the banks of rivers and streams and lands lying contiguous thereto from injury by overflow or washing. (b) To provide for the…

Not later than 60 days from the date of the receipt of the resolutions pursuant to Section 81319, the Board of Supervisors of San Mateo County shall determine whether or not resolutions to form and join the agency have been adopted by at least 15 public entities representing coll…

In making the determination required by Section 81325, the board of supervisors shall include all resolutions received by the county at least 10 days before the date of the public meeting at which the determination is made. (Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 844, Sec. 1. Effective Januar…

If the board of supervisors determines that the resolutions submitted are insufficient to form the agency, the eligible public entities may again undertake the process described in Sections 81315 to 81319, inclusive, at any time. In addition, resolutions adopted that approve form…

The Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of San Mateo County, not later than 10 days from the date of entry of an order described in Section 81325, shall file a certificate with the Secretary of State identifying the name of the agency and the names of each public entity that is a m…

The Secretary of State, not later than 10 days from the date of the receipt of the certificate described in Section 81326, shall issue a certificate of formation reciting that the agency has been formed pursuant to this division and identifying the public entities of which the ag…

The formation of the agency shall be effective on the date of the issuance of the Secretary of State’s certificate. (Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 844, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)

No invalidity or irregularity in any proceeding that does not substantially and adversely affect the interests of any public entity identified in Section 81305 may be held to invalidate the formation of the agency. (Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 844, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003…

Any action or proceeding in which the validity of the formation of the agency, or any of the proceedings in relation thereto, is contested, questioned, or challenged shall be commenced not later than 60 days from the date of the Secretary of State’s certificate of formation. In t…

The formation of the agency, proceedings to increase its membership pursuant to Section 81456 or 81456.5, or the establishment or modification of any zone or improvement district is not subject to the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 (Division 3 …

The president, any member of the board, the secretary, assistant secretary, general manager and chief engineer may administer oaths and take and certify affidavits relating to any matter pending before the board, or in which the board or the drainage district is interested. (Adde…

The unit designated as the San Joaquin Pumping System consists of a channel or canal with all necessary dams, pumping plants, conduits, and other works which the department determines to be necessary to convey a supply of water for irrigation and other beneficial uses from the lo…

After an application has been perfected, the board may request additional information reasonably necessary to clarify, amplify, correct, or otherwise supplement the information required to be submitted under Article 2 (commencing with Section 1260) or Article 3 (commencing with S…

Small flood control projects not specifically authorized by Congress undertaken by the United States Corps of Engineers pursuant to Section 205 of the Flood Control Act of 1948 (Public Law 858, Eightieth Congress, Second Session, approved June 30, 1948), as amended, are hereby ad…

The State shall pay the cost of lands, easements and rights-of-way for small flood control projects authorized by Section 12750 only if the department finds in its judgment that the benefits of the proposed works of improvement will exceed the costs thereof and that the project p…

Any county, city, state agency or public district affected by a small flood control project referred to in Section 12750 shall give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that the local cooperation required for such projects by Section 205 of the Flood Control Act o…

If, within the period provided, the applicant does not provide the information requested under Section 1275, the application shall be canceled, unless for good cause shown the board allows additional time in which to submit the requested information. (Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 32…

Whenever the State of California is specifically invited by federal law to participate in any interstate commission to plan for the regional development of water and related resources, the Governor shall appoint each California member of such commission. The appointment of each s…

All payments to the United States under any contract between a district and the United States, including payments of interest and principal on bonds deposited with or transferred to the United States, shall be paid, unless otherwise provided by the contract, from revenue derived …

The district by its board shall annually levy an assessment sufficient to raise the money necessary to meet all payments when due as provided in the contract. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

The assessment required in any year to meet the payment due to the United States for all purposes under the contract may be apportioned in accordance with the benefits. In the ascertainment of the benefits there shall be taken into account: (a) The provisions of the contract, the…

Where a district makes a contract with the United States for a supply of water or for the payment or repayment of construction costs upon a reclamation project, and the United States has theretofore made individual contracts with landowners or entrymen as to land within the distr…

The contract between a district and the United States may, subject to hearing and equalization as provided herein, determine, or provide for the method of computation of, the benefits accruing to each parcel of land within the district from the agreement of the district to pay th…

Public land of the United States within any district shall be subject to assessment for all purposes of this chapter to the extent provided for by the act of Congress approved August 11, 1916, entitled “An act to promote reclamation of arid lands,” or any other law which may here…

Nothing in this chapter relieves any district from its obligation to pay as a district in case of the default of any land unless so provided by the contract. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

All money collected in pursuance of the contract shall be paid into the district treasury and held in a fund to be known as the “United States Contract Fund” to be used for payments due to the United States under the contract. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

The provisions of this article are applicable only to refunding plans which both: (a) Were adopted prior to January 31, 1939. (b) Then contained no provisions for modification. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

The terms of any refunding plan and of the refunding bonds outstanding thereunder may be modified from time to time if the modification is approved in the manner provided in this article by all of the following: (a) The district. (b) The holders of all of the outstanding refundin…

The approval of the modification by the district shall be given by a resolution of its board and by its voters at an election called by the board. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

Notice of the election shall be given and it shall be held in substantially the same manner as a bond election, except that a majority vote only is required for approval of the modification. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.)

The approval of the holders of outstanding refunding bonds affected by the modification shall be evidenced by either of the following: (a) The written consent of all of the owners and holders of the bonds. (b) An order under federal bankruptcy law that is binding upon the holders…

If the modification is approved in the manner provided in this article, the district need not issue new refunding bonds and coupons in exchange for outstanding bonds and coupons the terms of which have been modified, but in lieu thereof the district may provide for the indorsemen…

If the modification or modified refunding plan provides for the extension of the time of maturity of all or any of the refunding bonds, the district in lieu of issuing new refunding bonds may indorse upon the face of the refunding bonds extended the new date of their maturity and…

All refunding bonds the terms of which have been modified shall continue to be binding outstanding bonds of the district and negotiable instruments irrespective of any indorsement of the terms of the modification or of the extension of the time of payment and shall be payable in …

Any modification of any refunding plan adopted pursuant to the provisions of this article may provide for its subsequent modification with the consent of the holders of any specified percentage of the refunding bonds affected by the modification in the manner provided in it. (Add…

In cases of emergency by which the flow of water in a canal or other supply is interrupted, the amount of the cost of the repairs not to exceed in any one year forty thousand dollars ($40,000) may, in addition to any other assessments, be levied by the adoption of a resolution by…

If from the bond election returns it appears that more than two-thirds of the votes cast at the election are in favor of incurring the indebtedness, the board may, by resolution, at the time or times it deems proper, provide for the following: (a) The form of the bonds. (b) The e…

The district may dispose of the bonds so issued at the times or in the manner the board deems to be to the public interest. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)

Any bonds issued by any district organized under the provisions of this act are hereby given the same force, value and use as bonds issued by any municipality and shall be exempt from all taxation within the State. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 274.)

All premiums and accrued interest received on the sale of bonds shall be placed in the fund to be used for the payment of principal and interest on the bonds, and the remainder of the proceeds of the bonds shall be placed in the treasury to the credit of the proper improvement fu…